Wednesday, March 10, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 49:8-15

⁸Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed: ⁹That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain. ¹⁰They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is merciful to them, shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink. ¹¹And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted. ¹²Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country. ¹³Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones. ¹⁴And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. ¹⁵Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 144:8-9, 13-14, 17-18 (Psalm 145 at Mass)

⁸The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy. ⁹The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹³Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works. ¹⁴The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.

¹⁷The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works. ¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

Douay-Rheims: John 5:17-30

¹⁷But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work. ¹⁸Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. ¹⁹Then Jesus answered, and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. ²⁰For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder. ²¹For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. ²²For neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath given all judgment to the Son. ²³That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father, who hath sent him. ²⁴Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life. ²⁵Amen, amen I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. ²⁶For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given the Son also to have life in himself: ²⁷And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man. ²⁸Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. ²⁹And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. ³⁰I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.